@Beekeeper I have a head lamp for tracking deer that has a green led on it. I used that to see what I was doing. If I did not have that I was going to just cut the entire plant down in one cut, then take the stems off.
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@GreenJewels We want to make budder for baking nudge nudge wink wink or a tincture for some gummies.
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Oh yummy 
. I will wait on what others have to say. Iāve only made budder so far. I have more plans than I do trim 
I dried my trim in paper sacks then decarbed
it on mostly northern lights sugars mixed with some Blueberry a while back. On my last Amnesia Haze I skipped decarb and used @blackthumbbetty pressure cooker recipe. Iām sure others can tell ya better on how they dry trim. Iād like to find a better flavor way to do it.
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I had no idea you could use a green led. I just purchased one. 
havenāt bought anything for the girls recently.
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@Bubblehead yeah i saw that post about making gummies. mmm
Yepā¦something to do with the green light wonāt affect the plants. You can look at a photo period plant during lights out and not worry about messing their sleep cycle up. Now, a little caveat you donāt want to over do it but for cutting them down Iām sure it will be fine.
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Cannabis plants donāt absorb a lot of light on the green spectrum, so they donāt really āseeā green light. That makes it a safer light to use if you need to check them during their dark period.
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@Bubblehead being that Iām not far behind you will you be posting results on your budder and tincs to tag along with? I am gathering as much info as I can before itās my turn to do so with my harvest!! EXCITING!!!
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Thank you very much for this information!
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@Angie I will share my information right now I just want to get the buds dried without any mold showing up. I think we will get a magical butter machine to make life easier.
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Iām making budder, now. No MBM, just my oven and a pressure cooker.
At this exact moment, Iām decarbing 34 grams of ground bud in a 240F oven for 30 mins.
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Sounds yummy. How long do you put in pressure cooker? How much butter for 34 grams?
I go by servings. What works for me is about 30-36 grams of weed per 3/4 cups butter/ghee/coconut oil. That ROUGHLY calculates 12 tbsp/36 tsp of Budder, with 1 tsp of Budder containing ROUGHLY 200mg THC. Iāll get anywhere from 30-36 servings of Budder out of one batch. I size my chocolate candies using a candy mold that makes 30 Ā½oz candies, which ends up making the perfect dose.
I just do stoner math to adjust that for each recipe. For me, if thereās not about a gram of bud used per serving, itās just not strong enough.
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@blackthumbbetty Is this ratio considers to be strong? Having never made budder before 1gram/tsp seems high. I canāt imagine smoking an entire gram at one sitting. Iām assuming that the potency of the bud is reduced due to the process by which the budder is made. Or am I just a light weight?
Yes, Iād say it is, compared to a lot of other recipes. Thereās ROUGHLY 150-200mg thc per gram of bud (or more), depending on strain.
Awesome work man, I hope I can compete with a harvest like that one of these days!
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Thanks. Time, patients, reading and learning from this fine group of people is how I did it.
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My AK came down last night, sorry no pictures. Just wasnāt up to it at 1am when I was done. My little BGA came down today, she was in a 3-gallon pot. She did well and to think I was going to eliminate her early. Iām really happy with how this is turning out. Just guessing on the trimming. Itās good enough for me and that is all that matters. I will take any tips that are offered.
How do you get an accurate wet weight when the large stems are still attached? Are the considered into the 70-75% weight loss?
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How long did it take to dry them out? Curious for mine. Thanks they look great!
It was just harvested this morning. I am expecting 5-7 days before it goes into jars.
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